On This Day, September 2: Lux Radio Theatre and Skippy Hollywood Theatre
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on…
September 2 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on September 2 across classic Hollywood screen adaptations on the radio, peanut-butter-sponsored western drama, southern folk variety music, and European frontline news reports, Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire in The Enchanted Cottage (1945), Charles Ruggles in Whistling in the Dark (1935) on Lux Radio Theatre, Skippy Hollywood Theatre (1944), Plantation Jubilee (1949), and Chester Wilmot reporting for the BBC (1935–1949):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Enchanted Cottage with Robert Young and Dorothy McGuire" | CBS (KNX) 1945-09-02 9:00 PM EWT |
Lever Brothers Co. Lux Toilet Soap |
Robert Young, McGuire | Lionel Barrymore (Host) | ["Drama", "Romance", "Lux Radio Theatre", "Robert Young", "Dorothy McGuire"] |
A disfigured war veteran and a plain young woman find romantic solace and mutual inner beauty living together in a secluded New England cottage. |
| "Whistling in the Dark with Charles Ruggles and Una Merkel" | NBC Blue (WJZ) 1935-09-02 9:00 PM EDST |
Lever Brothers Co. Lux Toilet Soap |
Charles Ruggles, Merkel | Antony Stanford (Host) | ["Comedy", "Mystery", "Drama", "Lux Radio Theatre", "Charles Ruggles"] |
A mild-mannered mystery novelist is kidnapped by gangsters and forced to formulate an undetectable scheme to murder a crime syndicate boss. |
| "The Man from Medicine Bow with Skippy Peanut Butter" | Syndication 1944-09-02 |
Rosefield Packing Skippy Peanut Butter |
Dramatic Hollywood Cast | Les Mitchel (Director) | ["Drama", "Western", "Anthology", "Skippy Hollywood Theatre", "Skippy"] |
A taciturn Wyoming cowboy riding into a frontier settlement unmasks corrupt land speculators foreclosing on local ranch properties. |
| "Folk Melodies and Spirituals with Dramatic Musical Ensemble" | Mutual (WOR) 1949-09-02 |
Sustaining Folk Music Variety |
Jubilee Choir & Ensemble | Mutual Music Staff | ["Music", "Folk", "Variety", "Plantation Jubilee", "Mutual"] |
Vocalists perform traditional folk spirituals, riverboat melodies, and acoustic harmony arrangements. |
| "International Bulletin on European Troop Movements on Eve of WWII" | All Networks 1939-09-02 |
Sustaining News Bulletin |
Shortwave News Anchors | Radio News Desk | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Invasion of Poland", "Radio News"] |
Shortwave radio news anchors report on military skirmishes across Poland and British parliamentary sessions debating an ultimatum to Berlin. |
| "Chester Wilmot on the Advance toward Brussels with BBC News" | BBC Home Service 1944-09-02 |
Sustaining BBC War Report |
Chester Wilmot (Reporter) | BBC War Report Staff | ["News", "History", "WWII", "Chester Wilmot", "BBC"] |
Chester Wilmot describes the rapid armored thrust of British tanks through northern France sweeping toward the Belgian capital. |